Aberfan disaster

When

21 Oct 1966

Kind

Mining accident

Coordinates

51.69° N, 3.35° W

Description

October 1966 mining disaster in Wales, when 144 people, including 116 children were killed

Deaths

144

Cause

flood

1966 Welsh colliery disaster

The Aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on 21 October 1966. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the Welsh village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil, and overlaid a natural spring.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Aberfan disaster in South Wales (U.K.): 144 (including 116 children) are killed by a collapsing coal spoil tip”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Galler Aberfan'da 116'sı çocuk 144 kişinin öldüğü Aberfan Faciası gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “glissement de terrain d’un terril à Aberfan, au pays de Galles provoquant la mort de 144 personnes dont 116 enfants”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Катастрофа в Аберфане (Южный Уэльс): в результате обрушения угольного отвала погибли 144 человека, в том числе 116 детей”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ocurre la Catástrofe de Aberfan en la aldea de Aberfan en Gales del Sur, Reino Unido”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page